Telegram-herald., 1887-08-21

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q ~ssryADIs. o6sy yoar masters ought %
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trins vita caE-0 -1i1e-t taia upon he
backs 81 ias peonls.
10 EneisHt tlnss snd IN al q
the EaoaaEchlal foFms el gorsruusnt
To-Day. these relations of dominance
and s1bservisncy ars largely innsf-
ast-ihal Is. II po-lElcal nay. not 70 ss-
fsr 70 physical aA1 mental Avs. Al town
TIE royal line from ths rhors. ths PhsFi-
chs. the Hsrois. The soiomons. the James
And a alndEed other posentaies. eroSas
aad letters have gone hzad Ia hand To-
sethef. iE has been the house OF David or
Baai that ruled over The masses. soeptefs
having besa transmitted the same Is scFof-
"a and other aristOaatic complaints
Republican tsshiOns have eesn different
On the same score thai the old law o. sntza
does not prevail with IA We have no line
Of royalty asserting Itself ia kings, em-
peFofs. presidents or what not. although
wealth and brains are Often inherited, and,
sY virtue shsreof. a contingent power TO rule.
However. 10 form Of government xas
ever kn0wn or operated that did away With
tne natur=s classihcsiions among men, or
equally distributed prestige aud riches.
The most that could be done was the re-
publican way Of giving the crowd fair
deal. the rest depending upon luck aud the
handling Of the cards by the players.
Mankind Is a school in which the higher
classes are as inevitable as the beginners
and each has It's champion At the head. and
ounce az the foot. no matter how honor
able the competition. Nor can these dis
tinctions be legislsted away any more than
bull from the Pope could make a stick
with bat one end or mountains without
valleys between.
And Just the same there are princes and
paupers Reverse their positions and the
change would only prove temporary-a
species OF acting on the stage. Othelio
would become John Smith and Desdemona
Mary Jane after their costumes were
thrown off Were the average tramp
transported 10 the Presidency, teven by
sublime edict). he could never hold he
place. Equally divide all the wealth of the
world. and it would get back into
the old channels after few years. Riches
cannot be permanently legislated into
man any more than intelligence.
Is there an "irrepressible conflict be-
tween the princes and the paupers' Must
there ever be battle between capital and
labor
Yes-at least after the style Of vigorous
envy and warlike competition. 1t is all q
survival of the fttest, the triumph Of the
stronger and the wisest, in the various ave-
nues Of existence. Pugilists have reign
in their sphere, poets and philosophers in
theirs, great generals in theirs, While money
kings and tramps march along in the natural
order of things. II Is all question of de-
velopment, taste, luck, industry. birth
surroundings, ambition, perseverance,, and
other conditions and qualities and II Is
Just as natural for one man to be worth a
million dollars and another one ten cents,
as it is for a Norman draft horse TO
weigh a ton, while q Shetland pory
tips the scales at 900.
The human race is like any other race
wonderfully varied. We have the New
foundlands and the whifIets, the shanghsis
and the bsntsms. Just the same IS the Brog
dsymans and Lilliputs in our family and
business circles. The tall and short, black
and white. lean and fat. rich and poor,
wise and foolish are unavoidable incidents
| Ct Nature No Declaration OF Independ-
1 ence proclainling that "all men are created
/ sqgaln in any way regulates or smooths
over these gradations. Castles and novels
ever have stood and they ever will stand to-
zesher, the same as the giant pine and the
scrub oak flourish in the same field, and
and you can blame both trees or neither,
just ~ you choose
Wealth gathering is legitimate avocat-
ion. although largely scramble. 1t busies
and bothers the whole world. I, is hon.
oraDle strife aud competition. in which the
strongest. pluckiest ulsest and spryest
usually win.
| Nor can money making he largely con-
trollsd By law, any more than social and
domestic habits and privileges.
Speculation and great financial scheming
ars as natural and legitimate as trying TO
excel in other ways-in orstory or states
manship for instance. Every man has an
! inaienable right 70 SCI up his mark and
shoot At il. whether it be the White House
| or The Presidency Of a Union Pacific rail
Toad. he can hunt bufalos or jack rabbits.
and Is always entitled TO his pelt. Why
complain Of brother because he is an
erpert vish the rod or gum
me u1sssss have always been poor in
every country aud sgs. Wronxfally. they
have often been saves, for rover snd
wealth dominate towards tyrrsny. The
| holdest stud sads The drove, the piucsieSs
cock rules the roost II j. ss natural for
an Alexander or Napoleon to conquer as If
for hawks to swoop down upon meadow
larks. or lions 70 ssssrt their sway as kings
81 he isngle and forest. Finance and
busiaess have their bell resthsrsr the
sane ss aock Of sheep.
Why call the money kings pirates. or n =
poor people mad-sills7 poIlsrs are Ike
peibles-sllof us have = right 10 pie them
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